SDO Launch and sundog

[JohnBattaglia93]

It's a sonic boom

[TrickyGap]

Selected as the Lubbock Composite Squadron's Cadet Video of the Week. Thanks for posting this video.

[manabrau]

what caused the zig zaggy plume of smoke at 1:33 ?

[thirdclass2006]

The upper levels winds blow the exhaust in such a way to make such a pattern.

[manabrau]

thanks for answering that for me! that's a pretty weird pattern :-D

[manabrau]

that's AWESOME!!!! 1:25

[44USELESS44]

@manabrau whats that shock wave?

[manabrau]

@44USELESS44 i'm pretty sure that's the water in the clouds being displaced as the rocket goes thru the cloud layer, kind of like the effect you see when you throw a pebble into a pond and then you see ripples, except it's the sheer noise of the rocket causing the ripples - i'm not sure that's exactly right but it's something like that :-0

[AttemptingToBeBusy]

@44USELESS44 I think it's more likely to be a sonic boom as the rocket goes past the sound barrier - the ripples are normally a telltale sign...